How Did We Figure Out What Light Is?

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Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light’s true nature, as the fastest thing in the universe, an electromagnetic spectrum, a wave and particle capable of the most amazing things? Here is the history of light, according to physics.
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  • @besmart
    @besmart7 жыл бұрын

    ØØØØØØØØØØØPS! I accidentally called Ole Rømer Dutch. He is Danish. Very sorry for the error!

  • @donnarafiki7252

    @donnarafiki7252

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart damnit I thought we finally achieved something in Holland... ah, well, we still invented the microscope, thats something

  • @zeeotter100

    @zeeotter100

    7 жыл бұрын

    iPhil dutch > danish is the difference

  • @lizziecastricum4382

    @lizziecastricum4382

    7 жыл бұрын

    +iPhil Careful there!

  • @seameus91

    @seameus91

    7 жыл бұрын

    Im dutch, but i dont mind the mistake. Danish people are awesome!

  • @lizziecastricum4382

    @lizziecastricum4382

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Seameus True.....

  • @mirtul1
    @mirtul17 жыл бұрын

    Science: "Is it a particle or a wave?" Quantum Theory: "Yes."

  • @1415J

    @1415J

    5 жыл бұрын

    My girlfriend should be named Quantum Theory.

  • @nicholasc3905

    @nicholasc3905

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @robertt9342

    @robertt9342

    5 жыл бұрын

    Junaid . Is it because she exists to you but to no one else?

  • @heavyhoved

    @heavyhoved

    5 жыл бұрын

    And according to Quantum Field Theory, waves, UNTIL one measures the field, THEN you see a particle.

  • @TosiakiS

    @TosiakiS

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@heavyhoved Humans are not part of quantum theory, therefore measurement is not part of quantum field theory either. The only part that exists is waves.

  • @besmart
    @besmart7 жыл бұрын

    This week's video is a little light history lesson. Hope it brightens your day!

  • @anneliseprince

    @anneliseprince

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart that pun. 😂

  • @ishaankhuranagoc1518

    @ishaankhuranagoc1518

    7 жыл бұрын

    sir can the next video be on physics

  • @ClydeStorm43

    @ClydeStorm43

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAZHZHZHAHZHAH

  • @happinesstowar9717

    @happinesstowar9717

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because of light, I will have 20/20 vision in three years.

  • @mauriciovaldez4270

    @mauriciovaldez4270

    7 жыл бұрын

    DO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ASTROID BELT CRASHED AND BECAME A PLANET EDIT: PLEASE

  • @prajnepal
    @prajnepal7 жыл бұрын

    Teacher caught me watching this at school, he was like "NICE!"

  • @stralax57

    @stralax57

    4 жыл бұрын

    They should show this instead of those boring videos that no one actually watches.

  • @majsalvador5fw145

    @majsalvador5fw145

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stralax57 ikr

  • @brickyy3106

    @brickyy3106

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @dustinejake9657

    @dustinejake9657

    3 жыл бұрын

    Noice

  • @insertname4337

    @insertname4337

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stralax57 most of those boring videos are too boring to teach me anything

  • @GD15555
    @GD155557 жыл бұрын

    i am walking on a flat Earth shining light out of my eyeballs.

  • @deathhawk7114

    @deathhawk7114

    7 жыл бұрын

    The flat Earth society is located all around the globe.

  • @spairus4492

    @spairus4492

    7 жыл бұрын

    Both comments are gold.

  • @scishowfan2.050

    @scishowfan2.050

    7 жыл бұрын

    Spairus you scared me i thought i commented that and was the most confused in my life for like 1 picosecond

  • @spairus4492

    @spairus4492

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol there's also another top comment with our profile pic

  • @zebmie9719

    @zebmie9719

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yea... NO

  • @aaronseet2738
    @aaronseet27385 жыл бұрын

    "Our eyes shot out light." And then the Sun sets.....

  • @somratkhan8688

    @somratkhan8688

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Andrew Friend What if sun is like a magnifier to enhance your vision? People see some stuff in the dark but not as much.

  • @phoneix24886

    @phoneix24886

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sun : The eye is a deady lazer!

  • @ETG168
    @ETG1687 жыл бұрын

    one could say this episode was ... LIT

  • @brodindamp

    @brodindamp

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's OK to be Bright (bright is synonymous to smart)

  • @agrammarnazi41

    @agrammarnazi41

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paulus Kivelä Please stop.

  • @oreoolga5393

    @oreoolga5393

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's so bad it's good

  • @putri7659

    @putri7659

    6 жыл бұрын

    *baa dum tss*

  • @symphonielee7478

    @symphonielee7478

    5 жыл бұрын

    OHHH MY GOSH UR AMAZING

  • @HritwRaje
    @HritwRaje7 жыл бұрын

    I love how the minute details are introduced so subtly! For instance, the different 'glowing idea lights' on each person were according to their time! Loved it! :)

  • @jerm3443
    @jerm34437 жыл бұрын

    Can we get an "I did a science" shirt?

  • @lollylemur5041

    @lollylemur5041

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought there already was one

  • @marceltelang7825

    @marceltelang7825

    4 жыл бұрын

    there is

  • @lessonslearned6760

    @lessonslearned6760

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think you have to do a science first.

  • @ariosnexo-1.081

    @ariosnexo-1.081

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lessonslearned6760 understandable

  • @Psy0psAgent

    @Psy0psAgent

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lessonslearned6760 the ‘science of retail purchases’.

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas19947 жыл бұрын

    This video was very enLIGHTening! I'm sorry

  • @proud-mom

    @proud-mom

    5 жыл бұрын

    No you’re not

  • @MGSLurmey

    @MGSLurmey

    5 жыл бұрын

    You should be.

  • @benjaminhawkins5805

    @benjaminhawkins5805

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should "see" yourself out!

  • @idontunderstandjokes8650

    @idontunderstandjokes8650

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't feel enlightened, I think you're stupid.

  • @starspawn507
    @starspawn5077 жыл бұрын

    "Is light a wave or a particle?" Yes.

  • @gauravproton1956

    @gauravproton1956

    5 жыл бұрын

    both

  • @ViratKohli-jj3wj

    @ViratKohli-jj3wj

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gauravproton1956 r/woooooosh

  • @Dallas-eu5nz
    @Dallas-eu5nz Жыл бұрын

    it's absolutely incredible.. we wouldn't have any of our technology today without these discoveries with light.. 

  • @seahawk124
    @seahawk1247 жыл бұрын

    I've been a subscriber for a while, and I think this is one of most well-presented videos you have done to date.

  • @maitrayeebhuyan715
    @maitrayeebhuyan7154 жыл бұрын

    I was always inquisitive about what was light and what developments actually led to the electromagnetic spectrum.Thank you so much.This was wonderful.

  • @eaterdrinker000
    @eaterdrinker0007 жыл бұрын

    This has to be one of the most enLIGHTening episodes of IOKTBS. I really mean that; the video deals with a subject and matter that most of us deal with every day, and it deals with the topic in the most basically understandable way possible. Kudos to you, Dr. Hanson. Keep on keepin' on!

  • @maestroh2986
    @maestroh29867 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video. I love how the 'idea' light bulb over each scientist's head is a light-source that was used at the time.

  • @GuidoPerdomo
    @GuidoPerdomo7 жыл бұрын

    this is my favorite video in this channel so far!! absolutely amazing

  • @dancbj-animatedreviews5253
    @dancbj-animatedreviews52536 жыл бұрын

    Great video! So much information in such a short period of time and yet so clear! Thanks!

  • @masterofktulu
    @masterofktulu5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah well, I know I am late to the party...but wow! Having the entire history explained to me in a 6 minute window rather than over the period of four grades--was really helpful and I loved it.

  • @fran6b
    @fran6b7 жыл бұрын

    This was a very well told story. I knew (approximately) all of its parts but it's the first time I see someone put all of them together like It's Okay To Be Smart did here. It definitively add something to my comprehension of what light is.

  • @kaushikdas47
    @kaushikdas475 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely loved it. I love how how anchor it very much. Love the videos.

  • @NightWitch1630
    @NightWitch16307 жыл бұрын

    so next u gonna tell us how this led to quantum theory? and the history of it

  • @medicmo

    @medicmo

    6 жыл бұрын

    Daggeress yeeeeeeeesssss

  • @matu.ayrton
    @matu.ayrton2 жыл бұрын

    best video i saw till now about the topic thanks for making it so succinctly!

  • @abelsanchez8804
    @abelsanchez88046 жыл бұрын

    I wish theses videos would be use in classrooms... so much info in little time! Love it!

  • @potawatomi100
    @potawatomi100 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video and superbly well narrated.

  • @ArticBlueFox96
    @ArticBlueFox967 жыл бұрын

    I really like the frames/clip starting at 5:11 because I feel it helps to visualize particle-wave duality.

  • @hussainbiology
    @hussainbiology7 жыл бұрын

    Your session answers Tons of Questions.......Thanks

  • @sivachevuri2345
    @sivachevuri23457 жыл бұрын

    hes one of d best....though i learnt dis already in my high school... i realized many things and even understood connection between many chapters and people!!

  • @varunkrishna930
    @varunkrishna9307 жыл бұрын

    out of the all your videos this one is my favourite the language used & the way it was presented is easily understandable a big thumbs up for you my dear bro

  • @oniricPrj
    @oniricPrj7 жыл бұрын

    TRULY AWESOME EPISODE. kudos to the animation department too!!!

  • @AlexYurian
    @AlexYurian7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! Loved the animations and little details.

  • @johnsmith-eo3nz
    @johnsmith-eo3nz5 жыл бұрын

    We discovered it because some dude was board and said "Let there be light!"

  • @Nico-dt5hu

    @Nico-dt5hu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Random Stuff Genius

  • @n_d_cisive

    @n_d_cisive

    3 жыл бұрын

    An atheist gonna be angry

  • @bestgun9994

    @bestgun9994

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@n_d_cisive I think he's making fun of creationists

  • @thevoicestoldmetoagain4627

    @thevoicestoldmetoagain4627

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bored*

  • @josephelston4101
    @josephelston41017 жыл бұрын

    Great video mate, gonna use this in my physics lesson today :)

  • @TheyCalledMeT
    @TheyCalledMeT7 жыл бұрын

    realy well done! loved the animations very well moderated, spoken in a exciting way (and not overblown) can't wait for #2 BTW. what about merch or winning stuff while living outside of the US ? (Europe)

  • @TJ-wc3iq
    @TJ-wc3iq7 жыл бұрын

    One of the best episodes. Thank you.

  • @menglongyouk167
    @menglongyouk1677 жыл бұрын

    4:55 I think Max Planck had an idea that light travels in quanta at least 15 years earlier than 1918.

  • @rousseld.nzoyem8105
    @rousseld.nzoyem81055 жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE THE BEST SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR EVER !! There should be an award that you would win ... Thanks for making these videos !!!

  • @gabo12e30
    @gabo12e307 жыл бұрын

    dude! I love your videos! thanks for doing them!

  • @JakeMiller2020
    @JakeMiller20207 жыл бұрын

    Really awesome production quality. I would love more videos just like this one.

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! We always try to make every video better, hope we can keep moving the bar up

  • @Mitch_Rogoff
    @Mitch_Rogoff3 жыл бұрын

    0:18 Greeks figured out ray tracing 3000 years early

  • @potawatomi100
    @potawatomi1005 жыл бұрын

    You’re the best. Very good video, intelligent, entertaining, interesting and great delivery.

  • @saahilshihaz5096
    @saahilshihaz50967 жыл бұрын

    Good timing! I'm doing exactly this in my physics classes​ at college

  • @grainfrizz
    @grainfrizz7 жыл бұрын

    hey Joe. really good content in this one. congrats. wish you all the best.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz20217 жыл бұрын

    Haaa ! This is so amazing ! I love to hear about all this scientific breakthroughs, achieved in ways I hadn't thought about :'D

  • @MrThonny15
    @MrThonny157 жыл бұрын

    It's a common mistake among non-europeans but Ole Rømer was Danish not Dutch. As a Dane I feel compelled to point that out.

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Christoffer Vincent Thon Dang. To all Danes, please accept my apologies for that error. Copenhagen is one of my favorite cities ever. Danish people are wonderful. I owe you all one.

  • @MrThonny15

    @MrThonny15

    7 жыл бұрын

    NP

  • @littleboylost1o1

    @littleboylost1o1

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @NickFisherman

    @NickFisherman

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Common mistake" is a bit of a stretch. I've never heard of him.

  • @Orthagoni

    @Orthagoni

    6 жыл бұрын

    Im neither Danish nor Dutch, but I still feel you owe me one.

  • @LeTtRrZ
    @LeTtRrZ7 жыл бұрын

    Great episode. Well researched.

  • @Bibibosh
    @Bibibosh7 жыл бұрын

    THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN THE MOST INTENCE VID SO FAR! I had to rewind it x3 TIMES!!!!! And I love this science stuff!!!!!

  • @supermasteryi9928
    @supermasteryi99286 жыл бұрын

    Misa: i would never dream living a world without light L: yes that would be dark XD

  • @tazztazztazz0855

    @tazztazztazz0855

    3 жыл бұрын

    shut up fcking weeb

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    @homieridvanboss2112

    3 жыл бұрын

    well thats toxic

  • @thevoicestoldmetoagain4627

    @thevoicestoldmetoagain4627

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just reading that, i can see that scene playing out. Awesome show.

  • @ryanyes2325

    @ryanyes2325

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tazztazztazz0855 bruh, you have a profile pic of Futaba (an anime character) smh

  • @Gothead420
    @Gothead4207 жыл бұрын

    That was fun to watch! And informative!

  • @iqraanjum2746
    @iqraanjum27464 жыл бұрын

    Wooow...thank you for explaining it the best possible way👍👍

  • @stoner4311
    @stoner43117 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this history of science video, can you do more of these please? I used to have a history of math book and it was great.

  • @Ly-lg5he
    @Ly-lg5he7 жыл бұрын

    I love its animation as well as its concept. Keep it up bro.

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    @nathanieljames94247 жыл бұрын

    WOW I "ACCIDENTALLY" FOUND THIS.....I LOVE LOVE THIS. THIS IS FANTASTIC!!

  • @cnacma
    @cnacma7 жыл бұрын

    These are incredibly well done videos...

  • @trex9907
    @trex99077 жыл бұрын

    wow the best explanation of the electromagnetic spectrum.

  • @Winterseeker
    @Winterseeker7 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video and visuals!

  • @KonradofKrakow
    @KonradofKrakow7 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I love the animations!

  • @Bibibosh
    @Bibibosh7 жыл бұрын

    This has been the most epic video so far!

  • @rajanrao
    @rajanrao4 жыл бұрын

    5:24 Next level satisfying

  • @ArlekinVergeltungswaffe
    @ArlekinVergeltungswaffe7 жыл бұрын

    7 minutes video by "It's Okay To be Smart = 7 years of education in my country. I love this channel.

  • @feynstein1004

    @feynstein1004

    7 жыл бұрын

    Your profile picture is deeply disturbing.

  • @ArlekinVergeltungswaffe

    @ArlekinVergeltungswaffe

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I know. They took my that one after my surgery. But I look much better now

  • @76digno
    @76dignoАй бұрын

    Thank you for educating me

  • @tvremote9394
    @tvremote93947 жыл бұрын

    I must say, This video was pretty illuminating!

  • @diegofernandez4789
    @diegofernandez47895 жыл бұрын

    Man, love your videos!

  • @vinuvinu3530
    @vinuvinu35307 жыл бұрын

    super job this vedio actually helped me a lot in understanding my post graduation lesson thank you Mr. Jo 4 this vedio

  • @chetanv1298
    @chetanv12986 жыл бұрын

    Wow brilliantly explained 👌

  • @itsnotyasir
    @itsnotyasir5 жыл бұрын

    Just taking out the time to appreciate the amazing animation 😍

  • @ElPrincipeMilenario
    @ElPrincipeMilenario7 жыл бұрын

    best video ever! cool animation, nice voice 😘, and an interesting topic. keep working this hard

  • @ryteshghotane6214
    @ryteshghotane62144 жыл бұрын

    You guys should do more videos on how did we figure out on other inventions and their history(TIMELINE). Great video, hope to see more similar videos. Vaccines Periodic table Aeroplane Radio X ray Steam engine Car Refrigerator Electricity Television Antibiotics Ship Rocket Compass Agriculture Mathematics Computers Telecommunications Etc etc.

  • @lalmalsawmachhangte620
    @lalmalsawmachhangte6206 жыл бұрын

    I can not comment every video,but every episode is amazing...Thank you. From junior scientist

  • @gurjeetkaur2973
    @gurjeetkaur29737 жыл бұрын

    This was most illuminating!

  • @malayagr
    @malayagr5 жыл бұрын

    This got me so excited for some reason.

  • @IlicSorrentino
    @IlicSorrentino7 жыл бұрын

    Great video, one of your best videos.

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I can't pick a favorite but you are certainly allowed to

  • @sciencenerd8879
    @sciencenerd88797 жыл бұрын

    You almost made the quantum chemistry I learned actually interesting. Nice graphics btw.

  • @gregwiens9146
    @gregwiens91467 жыл бұрын

    You're enlightened me!

  • @Savvy07
    @Savvy072 жыл бұрын

    loved your animation

  • @legendaryone696
    @legendaryone6966 жыл бұрын

    This video gave me goosebumps

  • @joffreybluthe7906
    @joffreybluthe79067 жыл бұрын

    Just to point out something about Max Planck, he actually presented his idea about quanta of light in 1900 but he did get the Nobel prize in 1918. I'm sure that's what you meant by "1928" on the timescale but still wanted to clarify that ! Great episode btw

  • @ranbirkaur1078
    @ranbirkaur10786 жыл бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @sogerc1
    @sogerc17 жыл бұрын

    5:20 you've gotta love the animations on this channel. And the stupid jokes too :D

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss7 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful more like this please!

  • @amirbahalegharn365
    @amirbahalegharn3655 жыл бұрын

    one of the best episode, after the 12 days of evolution. thanks for the best videos you provide which is great tools to help teens&kids understand the beginning to the end(of current knowledge/vision)

  • @davidmedina8136
    @davidmedina81366 жыл бұрын

    Really good episode.

  • @stefannikola
    @stefannikola7 жыл бұрын

    This video is your best one ever!

  • @woww-cr9ct
    @woww-cr9ct7 жыл бұрын

    5:27 best part of the video...

  • @akahassan2527
    @akahassan25273 жыл бұрын

    Very very interesting video!

  • @yashx26
    @yashx267 жыл бұрын

    First Unbox Therapy then Matthew Santoro then Discovery then you in just 10mins WOW!!!!!!

  • 7 жыл бұрын

    love this channel

  • @hsk5234
    @hsk52347 жыл бұрын

    at least ancient Greece had X Men.........

  • @Lazarosaliths
    @Lazarosaliths7 жыл бұрын

    awesome video as always!!!! :-D

  • @potawatomi100
    @potawatomi1005 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video.

  • @addymac6145
    @addymac61456 жыл бұрын

    Light and sound waves are one of my favorite things to learn about.

  • @namraizhar5844
    @namraizhar58447 жыл бұрын

    Very infomative

  • @shreshtha786
    @shreshtha7867 жыл бұрын

    Well this is an enlightening video

  • @enriqueDFTL
    @enriqueDFTL7 жыл бұрын

    Love this video.

  • @DrBeeSpeaks
    @DrBeeSpeaks7 жыл бұрын

    Kwel. I enjoy videos like this, thanks! 💜

  • @BertGrink
    @BertGrink6 жыл бұрын

    Today I Learned something new! :D I didn't know that the ancient Greks thought we had flashlights inside our eyes. ;)

  • @sarthaksm2698
    @sarthaksm26985 жыл бұрын

    Superb!

  • @Fif0l
    @Fif0l6 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Correction for the photoelectric effect: the reason why it could only be explained by light being a particle and not a wave is because when we use too low frequencies the photoelectric effect does not occur at all. If it didn't have anything to do with light being a particle, we would expect electrons to build up energy and get kicked out anyway. Or maybe increasing intensity of the low frequency light would do the trick, but it's not what we observe, therefore, particles.

  • @radwaawad9013
    @radwaawad90137 жыл бұрын

    Amazing !!

  • @mrj0rgen
    @mrj0rgen7 жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the year 1918 from, regarding Max Planck's and Einstein's discoveries? Planck initially (in 1900) considered quantization to be only a mathemathical trick (i.e. did not speculate too much on the physical significance) to solve the problem of blackbody radiation, and Einstein wrote the paper on the photoelectric effect in 1905. Might be nitpicking, but I'm still curious.

  • @lucbourhis3142

    @lucbourhis3142

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was gonna make the same remark when I noticed yours.